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Routine Audits

WHO Hand Hygiene Observation Form
Forms for collecting hand hygiene observations in facilities that have adopted World Health Organization (WHO) hand hygiene guidelines, from World Health Organization (WHO)

Feedback

CDI Cause Analysis
Worksheet for reviewing CDI cases and adherence to facility policies and practices, including antibiotic review log, from the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors

Get Smart for Healthcare – Implementation Resources
Resources to assist in the implementation of hospital antibiotic stewardship programs, including guidelines, assessment tools, conceptual models, and a sample inter-facility infection control transfer form, from CDC

Get Smart for Healthcare – Stewardship Program Examples
Links to hospital stewardship programs at various hospitals, success stories, and an interactive collection of charts and maps summarizing national and subnational data on antimicrobial use and resistance (Resistance Map), from CDC

Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit
Best practices from an Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative, from the Greater New York Hospital Association and the United Hospital Fund

FAQs about Clostridium difficile [PDF – 276 KB]
Fact sheet to educate patients and visitors about CDI, from CDC, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), and the American Hospital Association (AHA)

Infection Control: C. difficilePatient education materials for control of transmission of C. difficile, with review of hand washing and contact precautions for patients and visitors, from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center